Obama hits YouTube to pump up Wednesday’s “Shared Responsibility” town hall at Facebook

With the release of a new YouTube video this morning, President Barack Obama is aiming to remind Americans to weigh in on his Wednesday “Shared Responsibility and Shared Prosperity” town hall at Facebook in Palo Alto.

But as far as the public or non-fundraising events go, only a few lucky invitees and reporters will actually be allowed inside the headquarters of Facebook to see the town hall, where the White House says Obama will “discuss his vision for bringing down our deficit.” Still, it will be live-streamed on the internet, and Americans are being invited to submit questions to Obama via the Internet on the White House Facebook page at Facebook.com/whitehouse.

White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer told reporters last week in a conference call that Obama isn’t necessarily aiming for the youth demographic with his event. “It is an attempt to reach people who may not get their news through traditional news sources like newspapers and the network news,” he said. “And we want to go to where people…congregate online and communicate with them there. And Facebook is certainly one of the premiere places to do that.”

The White House says it will supplement the town halls with two panels featuring both Administration and private sector participants — one on “Women in Technology” and one focusing on business startups.

And there’s more: there will also be three “youth watch” parties around the country where young people will watch the town hall, the White House says.

Watch our Politics Blog this week, as we report from Obama’s Facebook event — and his fundraising events in San Francisco as well.